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  1. Article ; Online: Editorial: Patient voice and the patient experience.

    Meertens, R / Hancock, A / Hyde, E

    Radiography (London, England : 1995)

    2023  Volume 29 Suppl 1, Page(s) S1–S2

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Voice ; Patient Outcome Assessment
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-08
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 1289102-2
    ISSN 1532-2831 ; 1078-8174
    ISSN (online) 1532-2831
    ISSN 1078-8174
    DOI 10.1016/j.radi.2023.02.021
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  2. Article ; Online: A high-density EEG and structural MRI source analysis of the frequency following response to missing fundamental stimuli reveals subcortical and cortical activation to low and high frequency stimuli.

    Lerud, Karl D / Hancock, Roeland / Skoe, Erika

    NeuroImage

    2023  Volume 279, Page(s) 120330

    Abstract: Pitch is a perceptual rather than physical phenomenon, important for spoken language use, musical communication, and other aspects of everyday life. Auditory stimuli can be designed to probe the relationship between perception and physiological responses ...

    Abstract Pitch is a perceptual rather than physical phenomenon, important for spoken language use, musical communication, and other aspects of everyday life. Auditory stimuli can be designed to probe the relationship between perception and physiological responses to pitch-evoking stimuli. One technique for measuring physiological responses to pitch-evoking stimuli is the frequency following response (FFR). The FFR is an electroencephalographic (EEG) response to periodic auditory stimuli. The FFR contains nonlinearities not present in the stimuli, including correlates of the amplitude envelope of the stimulus; however, these nonlinearities remain undercharacterized. The FFR is a composite response reflecting multiple neural and peripheral generators, and their contributions to the scalp-recorded FFR vary in ill-understood ways depending on the electrode montage, stimulus, and imaging technique. The FFR is typically assumed to be generated in the auditory brainstem; there is also evidence both for and against a cortical contribution to the FFR. Here a methodology is used to examine the FFR correlates of pitch and the generators of the FFR to stimuli with different pitches. Stimuli were designed to tease apart biological correlates of pitch and amplitude envelope. FFRs were recorded with 256-electrode EEG nets, in contrast to a typical FFR setup which only contains a single active electrode. Structural MRI scans were obtained for each participant to co-register with the electrode locations and constrain a source localization algorithm. The results of this localization shed light on the generating mechanisms of the FFR, including providing evidence for both cortical and subcortical auditory sources.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Language ; Communication ; Electroencephalography ; Algorithms ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1147767-2
    ISSN 1095-9572 ; 1053-8119
    ISSN (online) 1095-9572
    ISSN 1053-8119
    DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120330
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  3. Article ; Online: Physiological assessment of a 16 day, 4385 km ultra-endurance mountain bike race: A case study.

    Hyldahl, Robert D / Gifford, Jayson R / Davidson, Lance E / Hancock, Chad R / Hafen, Paul S / Parcell, Allen C / Mack, Gary W

    Experimental physiology

    2024  Volume 109, Issue 2, Page(s) 165–174

    Abstract: The Tour Divide (TD) is a 4385 km ultra-endurance bicycle race that follows the continental divide from Canada to Mexico. In this case study, we performed a comprehensive molecular and physiological profile before and after the completion of the TD. ... ...

    Abstract The Tour Divide (TD) is a 4385 km ultra-endurance bicycle race that follows the continental divide from Canada to Mexico. In this case study, we performed a comprehensive molecular and physiological profile before and after the completion of the TD. Assessments were performed 35 days before the start (Pre-TD) and ∼36 h after the finish (Post-TD). Total energy expenditure was assessed during the first 9 days by doubly labelled water (
    MeSH term(s) Male ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Bicycling ; Physical Endurance/physiology ; Exercise/physiology ; Energy Metabolism ; Muscle, Skeletal/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1016295-1
    ISSN 1469-445X ; 0958-0670
    ISSN (online) 1469-445X
    ISSN 0958-0670
    DOI 10.1113/EP091260
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  4. Article ; Online: Operative techniques to reduce anastomotic recurrence in Crohn's disease.

    Selvakumar, D / Sayers, A E / Brown, S R / Hancock, L

    Techniques in coloproctology

    2022  Volume 26, Issue 7, Page(s) 591–592

    MeSH term(s) Anastomosis, Surgical/adverse effects ; Anastomosis, Surgical/methods ; Crohn Disease/surgery ; Humans ; Ileum/surgery ; Recurrence ; Retrospective Studies
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-27
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2083309-X
    ISSN 1128-045X ; 1123-6337
    ISSN (online) 1128-045X
    ISSN 1123-6337
    DOI 10.1007/s10151-022-02569-1
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  5. Article ; Online: Prenatal anticipatory stress: Baby preparation and worry scale-revised in the Dutch context.

    Bruinhof, Nina / Sehic, Ela / Hancock, Gregory R / Gartstein, Maria A / de Weerth, Carolina

    Comprehensive psychiatry

    2023  Volume 128, Page(s) 152437

    Abstract: ... distress (i.e., EPDS, STAI, PRAQ-R) and infant temperament (i.e., IBQ-R).: Methods: Healthy ...

    Abstract Background: Prenatal distress encompasses a range of different emotions, worries, and experiences of stress. The Baby Preparation and Worry Scale (Baby-PAWS) was recently developed to target anticipatory worries during pregnancy about the postnatal period. However, the Baby-PAWS questionnaire was only examined in the United States of America, limiting the questionnaire's generalizability to different countries. To address this issue, we performed a psychometric evaluation of the questionnaire in a Dutch sample and examined associations between the Baby-PAWS questionnaire and established measures of maternal distress (i.e., EPDS, STAI, PRAQ-R) and infant temperament (i.e., IBQ-R).
    Methods: Healthy pregnant women (N = 521) completed questionnaires during their third trimester and postnatally, including the Baby-PAWS and distress measures. A subsample of mothers (N = 194) also reported on infant temperament at 12 weeks postpartum.
    Results: Exploratory factor analysis suggested a four-factor structure for the 16-item questionnaire in our Dutch sample, as compared to the expected three-factor structure found in the original psychometric evaluation with the American sample. The total Baby-PAWS score was related to pre-and postnatal depression, anxiety, stress, and specific scales of infant temperament. American women scored higher on the Baby-PAWS items than Dutch women.
    Limitations: Our participants had higher-than-average socioeconomic status, limiting the generalizability of the findings.
    Conclusion: The current analyses indicate good validity of the Baby-PAWS in a Dutch sample. Furthermore, our results highlight cross-cultural differences in perinatal mental health and show the importance of examining instrument structure of context-dependent constructs, such as prenatal worries.
    MeSH term(s) Infant ; Female ; Pregnancy ; Humans ; Mothers/psychology ; Anxiety/diagnosis ; Anxiety/epidemiology ; Anxiety/psychology ; Postpartum Period ; Temperament ; Mental Health ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 127556-2
    ISSN 1532-8384 ; 0010-440X
    ISSN (online) 1532-8384
    ISSN 0010-440X
    DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152437
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  6. Article ; Online: SigV Mediates Lysozyme Resistance in Enterococcus faecalis via RsiV and PgdA.

    Parthasarathy, Srivatsan / Wang, Xiaofei / Carr, Kristen R / Varahan, Sriram / Hancock, Elyssa B / Hancock, Lynn E

    Journal of bacteriology

    2021  Volume 203, Issue 20, Page(s) e0025821

    Abstract: ... One of the unique features of E. faecalis is its ability to display high level resistance to lysozyme ... an important host defense of the innate immune response. Lysozyme resistance in E. faecalis is known to be ...

    Abstract Enterococcus faecalis is a gut commensal but transitions to a pathogenic state as a consequence of intestinal dysbiosis and/or the presence of indwelling medical devices, causing a wide range of infections. One of the unique features of E. faecalis is its ability to display high level resistance to lysozyme, an important host defense of the innate immune response. Lysozyme resistance in E. faecalis is known to be mediated by the
    MeSH term(s) Cell Wall/metabolism ; Enterococcus faecalis/genetics ; Enterococcus faecalis/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial/physiology ; Muramidase ; Regulon/genetics ; Regulon/physiology ; Sigma Factor/genetics ; Sigma Factor/metabolism
    Chemical Substances SigV protein, Enterococcus faecalis ; Sigma Factor ; Muramidase (EC 3.2.1.17)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-08-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2968-3
    ISSN 1098-5530 ; 0021-9193
    ISSN (online) 1098-5530
    ISSN 0021-9193
    DOI 10.1128/JB.00258-21
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  7. Article ; Online: Sound elicits stereotyped facial movements that provide a sensitive index of hearing abilities in mice.

    Clayton, Kameron K / Stecyk, Kamryn S / Guo, Anna A / Chambers, Anna R / Chen, Ke / Hancock, Kenneth E / Polley, Daniel B

    Current biology : CB

    2024  Volume 34, Issue 8, Page(s) 1605–1620.e5

    Abstract: Sound elicits rapid movements of muscles in the face, ears, and eyes that protect the body from injury and trigger brain-wide internal state changes. Here, we performed quantitative facial videography from mice resting atop a piezoelectric force plate ... ...

    Abstract Sound elicits rapid movements of muscles in the face, ears, and eyes that protect the body from injury and trigger brain-wide internal state changes. Here, we performed quantitative facial videography from mice resting atop a piezoelectric force plate and observed that broadband sounds elicited rapid and stereotyped facial twitches. Facial motion energy (FME) adjacent to the whisker array was 30 dB more sensitive than the acoustic startle reflex and offered greater inter-trial and inter-animal reliability than sound-evoked pupil dilations or movement of other facial and body regions. FME tracked the low-frequency envelope of broadband sounds, providing a means to study behavioral discrimination of complex auditory stimuli, such as speech phonemes in noise. Approximately 25% of layer 5-6 units in the auditory cortex (ACtx) exhibited firing rate changes during facial movements. However, FME facilitation during ACtx photoinhibition indicated that sound-evoked facial movements were mediated by a midbrain pathway and modulated by descending corticofugal input. FME and auditory brainstem response (ABR) thresholds were closely aligned after noise-induced sensorineural hearing loss, yet FME growth slopes were disproportionately steep at spared frequencies, reflecting a central plasticity that matched commensurate changes in ABR wave 4. Sound-evoked facial movements were also hypersensitive in Ptchd1 knockout mice, highlighting the use of FME for identifying sensory hyper-reactivity phenotypes after adult-onset hyperacusis and inherited deficiencies in autism risk genes. These findings present a sensitive and integrative measure of hearing while also highlighting that even low-intensity broadband sounds can elicit a complex mixture of auditory, motor, and reafferent somatosensory neural activity.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Mice ; Male ; Hearing/physiology ; Sound ; Acoustic Stimulation ; Female ; Auditory Cortex/physiology ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Movement ; Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-15
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1071731-6
    ISSN 1879-0445 ; 0960-9822
    ISSN (online) 1879-0445
    ISSN 0960-9822
    DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.057
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  8. Article: Sensory representations and pupil-indexed listening effort provide complementary contributions to multi-talker speech intelligibility.

    McHaney, Jacie R / Hancock, Kenneth E / Polley, Daniel B / Parthasarathy, Aravindakshan

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

    2023  

    Abstract: Optimal speech perception in noise requires successful separation of the target speech stream from multiple competing background speech streams. The ability to segregate these competing speech streams depends on the fidelity of bottom-up neural ... ...

    Abstract Optimal speech perception in noise requires successful separation of the target speech stream from multiple competing background speech streams. The ability to segregate these competing speech streams depends on the fidelity of bottom-up neural representations of sensory information in the auditory system and top-down influences of effortful listening. Here, we use objective neurophysiological measures of bottom-up temporal processing using envelope-following responses (EFRs) to amplitude modulated tones and investigate their interactions with pupil-indexed listening effort, as it relates to performance on the Quick speech in noise (QuickSIN) test in young adult listeners with clinically normal hearing thresholds. We developed an approach using ear-canal electrodes and adjusting electrode montages for modulation rate ranges, which extended the rage of reliable EFR measurements as high as 1024Hz. Pupillary responses revealed changes in listening effort at the two most difficult signal-to-noise ratios (SNR), but behavioral deficits at the hardest SNR only. Neither pupil-indexed listening effort nor the slope of the EFR decay function independently related to QuickSIN performance. However, a linear model using the combination of EFRs and pupil metrics significantly explained variance in QuickSIN performance. These results suggest a synergistic interaction between bottom-up sensory coding and top-down measures of listening effort as it relates to speech perception in noise. These findings can inform the development of next-generation tests for hearing deficits in listeners with normal-hearing thresholds that incorporates a multi-dimensional approach to understanding speech intelligibility deficits.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    DOI 10.1101/2023.08.13.553131
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  9. Article ; Online: Testing physiologically relevant conditions in minimal inhibitory concentration assays.

    Belanger, Corrie R / Hancock, Robert E W

    Nature protocols

    2021  Volume 16, Issue 8, Page(s) 3761–3774

    Abstract: The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) assay uses agar or broth dilution methods to measure, under defined test conditions, the lowest effective concentration of an antimicrobial agent that inhibits visible growth of a bacterium of interest. This ... ...

    Abstract The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) assay uses agar or broth dilution methods to measure, under defined test conditions, the lowest effective concentration of an antimicrobial agent that inhibits visible growth of a bacterium of interest. This assay is used to test the susceptibilities of bacterial isolates and of novel antimicrobial drugs, and is typically done in nutrient-rich laboratory media that have little relevance to in vivo conditions. As an extension to our original protocol on MIC assays (also published in Nature Protocols), here we describe the application of the MIC broth microdilution assay to test antimicrobial susceptibility in conditions that are more physiologically relevant to infections observed in the clinic. Specifically, we describe a platform that can be applied to the preparation of medium that mimics lung and wound exudate or blood conditions for the growth and susceptibility testing of bacteria, including ESKAPE pathogens. This protocol can also be applied to most physiologically relevant liquid medium and aerobic pathogens, and takes 3-4 d to complete.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology ; Bacteria/drug effects ; Culture Media ; Drug Resistance, Bacterial ; Humans ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Spectrophotometry/methods ; Time Factors
    Chemical Substances Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Culture Media
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2244966-8
    ISSN 1750-2799 ; 1754-2189
    ISSN (online) 1750-2799
    ISSN 1754-2189
    DOI 10.1038/s41596-021-00572-8
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  10. Article ; Online: Contribution of Swarming Motility to Dissemination in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Murine Skin Abscess Infection Model.

    Coleman, Shannon R / Pletzer, Daniel / Hancock, Robert E W

    The Journal of infectious diseases

    2021  Volume 224, Issue 4, Page(s) 726–733

    Abstract: Swarming motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a multicellular adaptation induced by semisolid medium with amino acids as a nitrogen source. By phenotypic screening, we differentiated swarming from other complex adaptive phenotypes, such as biofilm ... ...

    Abstract Swarming motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a multicellular adaptation induced by semisolid medium with amino acids as a nitrogen source. By phenotypic screening, we differentiated swarming from other complex adaptive phenotypes, such as biofilm formation, swimming and twitching, by identifying a swarming-specific mutant in ptsP, a metabolic regulator. This swarming-deficient mutant was tested in an acute murine skin abscess infection model. Bacteria were recovered at significantly lower numbers from organs of mice infected with the ∆ptsP mutant. We also tested the synthetic peptide 1018 for activity against different motilities and efficacy in vivo. Treatment with peptide 1018 mimicked the phenotype of the ∆ptsP mutant in vitro, as swarming was inhibited at low concentrations (<2 μg/mL) but not swimming or twitching, and in vivo, as mice had a reduced bacterial load recovered from organs. Therefore, PtsP functions as a regulator of swarming, which in turn contributes to dissemination and colonization in vivo.
    MeSH term(s) Abscess/microbiology ; Animals ; Biofilms ; Mice ; Peptides ; Pseudomonas Infections/microbiology ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa/pathogenicity ; Pseudomonas aeruginosa/physiology ; Skin Diseases, Bacterial/microbiology
    Chemical Substances Peptides
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 3019-3
    ISSN 1537-6613 ; 0022-1899
    ISSN (online) 1537-6613
    ISSN 0022-1899
    DOI 10.1093/infdis/jiaa778
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